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BLACK SHIRTS ROUTED Al tack In Albania Fails (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright) (Received February 10, 1 a.m.) ATHENS, February 9. Heavy losses were inflicted on the Italians when Black Shirts attempted to counter-attack on the central front. The Italians suffered one of their most complete defeats so far. They left the battlefield strewn with dead and wounded. The counter-attack sought to break through the Greeks closing in on a certain point in a mountain pass near Klisura. The Greeks stopped the Black Shirts even before they had time to deploy for the engagement and the counter-attack was smashed after a short fight. Then the Greeks with fixed bayonets charged the Black Shirts as they fled in very great disorder down the steep mountain passes and through narrow gorges.
The success has brought the Greeks near to major objectives where Italian defence positions are concentrated.
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Southland Times, Issue 24356, 10 February 1941, Page 6
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146LATE MEWS Southland Times, Issue 24356, 10 February 1941, Page 6
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